Friday, September 02, 2005

The Socialist Ethic comes to Graduate Business School

No we didn't make this up.It appears that radical egalitarianism has gotten into America's top business schools. Business Week reports:
Students at some top-ranked B-schools have a secret. It's something they can't share even if it means losing a job offer. It's one some have worked hard for and should be proud of, but instead they keep it to themselves. The secret is their grades.

At four of the nation's 10 most elite B-schools -- including Harvard, Stanford, and Chicago -- students have adopted policies that prohibit them or their schools from disclosing grades to recruiters. The idea is to reduce competitiveness and eliminate the risk associated with taking difficult courses. But critics say the only thing nondisclosure reduces is one of the most important lessons B-schools should teach: accountability
Did you like the sentence with, "reduce competitiveness"? Is this some Marxist Sociology department? Now you can understand why new hires at Goldman Sachs have been asked to bring their SAT scores.